Why was borrowing a concern for Benjamin’s people?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Under Israelite law, failure to return that which a person has borrowed was the equivalent of theft. … It was also important for a person under ancient law to return exactly what he had borrowed; otherwise a dispute could ensue over whether the value of the returned object was equal to the value of the borrowed object” (Welch and Ricks, “Complete Text of Benjamin’s Speech,” 593).

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